Includes bibliographical references and index

Chinatown, Chatham Square, and the Bowery. A round for the old Atlantic (The Atlantic Garden) ; Chinatown Theater (the 1893 Chinese Theater) -- Union Square and the East Village. A roof with a view (American Mutoscope Studio) ; Caretakers of Second Avenue (Hebrew Actors' Union) -- The Tenderloin. If you can make 'em cry (Tin Pan Alley) ; Tenderloin winners and losers (Shang Draper's Gambling House) -- Harlem. A theater of our own (The Lincoln Theater) ; Rise and fall of the original Swing Street (West 133rd Street) -- Times Square. The strike invisible (Horn & Hardart's original New York Automat) ; Last dance at the Orpheum (The Orpheum Dance Palace) ; Nights of gladness (Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe)

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